| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
A comparison of osteopathic spinal manipulation with standard care for patients with low back pain.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1999
|
6.34
|
|
2
|
Spinal manipulation for low back pain.
|
JAMA
|
1981
|
1.89
|
|
3
|
Comparison of general exercise, motor control exercise and spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized trial.
|
Pain
|
2007
|
1.70
|
|
4
|
Osteopathic manipulative treatment for chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2003
|
1.63
|
|
5
|
Cannabimimetic effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2005
|
1.63
|
|
6
|
Effects of adding sacral base leveling to osteopathic manipulative treatment of back pain: a pilot study.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
1994
|
1.44
|
|
7
|
Spinal manipulation for low-back pain: a treatment package agreed to by the UK chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy professional associations.
|
Man Ther
|
2003
|
1.43
|
|
8
|
Formulating a prescription for osteopathic manipulative treatment.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
1980
|
1.43
|
|
9
|
Managing back pain in general practice--is osteopathy the new paradigm?
|
Br J Gen Pract
|
1997
|
1.42
|
|
10
|
In chronic low back pain, low level laser therapy combined with exercise is more beneficial than exercise alone in the long term: a randomised trial.
|
Aust J Physiother
|
2007
|
1.22
|
|
11
|
Access to complementary medicine in general practice: survey in one UK health authority.
|
J R Soc Med
|
1998
|
1.17
|
|
12
|
Long-term follow-up of patients with low back pain attending for manipulative care: outcomes and predictors.
|
Man Ther
|
2004
|
1.11
|
|
13
|
Randomized osteopathic manipulation study (ROMANS): pragmatic trial for spinal pain in primary care.
|
Fam Pract
|
2003
|
1.04
|
|
14
|
Efficacy of low power laser therapy and exercise on pain and functions in chronic low back pain.
|
Lasers Surg Med
|
2003
|
1.03
|
|
15
|
Blinding protocols, treatment credibility, and expectancy: methodologic issues in clinical trials of osteopathic manipulative treatment.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2006
|
0.96
|
|
16
|
A meta-analysis of the efficacy of laser phototherapy on pain relief.
|
Clin J Pain
|
2010
|
0.94
|
|
17
|
The unique role of osteopathic physicians in treating patients with low back pain.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2004
|
0.92
|
|
18
|
Manual medicine diversity: research pitfalls and the emerging medical paradigm.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2001
|
0.90
|
|
19
|
Interexaminer reliability of three methods of combining test results to determine side of sacral restriction, sacral base position, and innominate bone position.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2006
|
0.89
|
|
20
|
Nonpharmacologic management of pain.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2004
|
0.83
|
|
21
|
A meta-analysis of the efficacy of phototherapy in tissue repair.
|
Photomed Laser Surg
|
2009
|
0.81
|
|
22
|
Contraindications in noninvasive laser therapy: truth and fiction.
|
J Clin Laser Med Surg
|
2002
|
0.80
|
|
23
|
Increased incidence and severity of somatic dysfunction in subjects with chronic low back pain.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
24
|
Cost-effective osteopathic manipulative medicine: a literature review of cost-effectiveness analyses for osteopathic manipulative treatment.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2005
|
0.77
|
|
25
|
Predictive factors for 1-year outcome of chronic low back pain following manipulation, stabilizing exercises, and physician consultation or physician consultation alone.
|
J Rehabil Med
|
2004
|
0.77
|
|
26
|
American Osteopathic Association Guidelines for Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) for Patients With Low Back Pain.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2016
|
0.76
|
|
27
|
Twenty-eighth annual AOA/NOF Research Conference, 1984: part I. Keynote address: Muscle and low-back pain.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
1984
|
0.75
|
|
28
|
Experience with an antigravity leverage device for chronic low back pain: a clinical study.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
1981
|
0.75
|
|
29
|
Low back pain: diagnosis by six newly discovered sacral tender points and treatment with counterstrain.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
1989
|
0.75
|
|
30
|
The spinal cord as organizer of disease processes: IV. Axonal transport and neurotrophic function in relation to somatic dysfunction.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
1981
|
0.75
|